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1st Quarter - Report · 2026

Filing UUID
2483b289-7844-4dfc-9f74-0cbb793e1c1e
Type
Q1 — 1st Quarter - Report
Period
first_quarter
Year
2026
Posted
2026-04-20 18:45:26
Income (reported)
—
Expenses (reported)
$120,000
Expenses method
A
Filing document
Open on lda.senate.gov
Registrant (lobbying firm)

WTA -- ADVOCATES FOR RURAL BROADBAND

Rural Telecommunications Trade Association

Contact
DERRICK B. OWENS
Phone
+1 202-548-0202
Address
zip:20004, city:WASHINGTON, state:DC, street:400 Seventh Street, NW Suite 406
Client

WTA -- ADVOCATES FOR RURAL BROADBAND

State
DC
Country
US
Government-entity client
false
Effective date
2016-01-01
Issues lobbied + lobbyists (4)

AGR — Agriculture

Lobbying in support of reauthorizing the RUS ReConnect Program in the Farm Bill (H.R. 3119; and S. 3084); and H.R. 7567 -- Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 Lobbied in support of permitting reforms to expedite the permitting process associated with ReConnect, BEAD and other broadband deployments programs

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

TAX — Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

H.R. 1873 and S. 674: Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

TEC — Telecommunications

Lobbied in support of the federal Universal Service Fund S. 1651 and H.R. 4032 --Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act and other efforts to modernize the USF contribution methodology to reflect today's broadband world Lobbied on the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program; H.R. 1870, SPEED for BEAD Act S. 3258, Recapture Act H.R. 6920/S.3565, Success for BEAD Act S. 323, Plan for Broadband Act H.R. 1766, NTIA Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination Act H.R. 1717, Communications Security Act S. 98, Rural Broadband Protection Act The Network Equipment Transparency (NET) Act H.R. 2298, Reducing Barriers for Broadband on Federal Lands Act S. 244 -- Routers Act S. 323, Plan for Broadband Act -- Create a National Strategy to Synchronize Federal Broadband Programs Lobbied on numerous permitting bills relating to broadband and telecommunications: H.R. 1343, Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act H.R. 1588, Facilitating Digital Applications Act H.R. 1665 DIGITAL Applications Act H.R. 1681, Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Act H.R. 278, BROADBAND Leadership Act S. 3268 and H.R. 6046, Broadband Telecommunications RAIL Act H.R. 1655, Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act H.R. 5264, Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure of the SPEED for Broadband Infrastructure Act H.R. 6505, Next Gen911 Act

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

SMB — Small Business

Lobbied on behalf of small rural telecom/broadband providers as small businesses

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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